Category: Saints
CWG: Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family
Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com Around the Year with the von Trapp Family by Maria Augusta von Trapp is surprisingly upbeat and joyful, especially when we recall that The Sound of Music ends with the von Trapp troupe fleeing their beloved Austria. The 1965 American musical drama ends by highlighting the danger the family averted by escaping with only what they wore — and...
Friar’s Corner: Closer to Jesus
Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2, 10-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 Dear God, fill us with deeper faith and more understanding to know Jesus more fully and commit ourselves to live by his power and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Please keep praying Chaplets of Divine Mercy for our country and the world. We are...
Classic Favorite: Tonic Soup and spiritual warfare
Featured in SpiritualDirection.com In the classic spiritual warfare struggle between good and evil, the Genesis account of Joseph and his brothers shows how God’s power far surpasses Satan’s. Joseph’s jealous brothers sold him into slavery, yet that’s how their tribe was able to survive the famine. When God saved the family from starvation and reunited...
Got Joy? Latest posts 11-23-18
Thanksgiving Blessings: Edelweiss and the Doxology Our family tradition for Thanksgiving grace is sung to the tune of “Edelweiss” from the Sound of Music. The Von Trapp family at the festival performed the forbidden national anthem, Edelweiss, as they prepared to escape the country. Our family sings the Edelweiss blessing at Thanksgiving. https://joyalive.net/thanksgiving-blessings-eidelweissdoxology//11/the-surprising-holy-spirit.html/ ...
Got Joy? Latest posts 11-2-18
Your True North – Christine Roe explains how to find our true north in God, what that means, and how that results in peace. #JoyAlive http://ow.ly/MBvz30ms0uP Dating Jesus – We’ve all heard that we can have a personal relationship with Jesus. Exploring that promise for yourself, is like serious dating, http://ow.ly/Gk6C30mq8Mx Friar’s Corner:...
NewEvangelizers: Stirring Slumbering Souls
In Stirring Slumbering Souls, Michael Seagriff invites us to ponder 250 Eucharistic reflections and recognize two distinct voices, “the prophet calling Israel back to fidelity” and “the sweet Mother inviting us to trust in her Son.” A good many of the reflections appeal to obedience to God’s love for us and his desire for us to...